Medical Malpractice – Physician-Patient Privilege (84065)

Where the trial court granted defendant-doctor summary disposition on plaintiff's claim for medical malpractice, we affirm.
In medical malpractice cases, a physician's duty arises from a physician-patient relationship. Plaintiff failed to establish the existence of a duty between his decedent and defendant. Defendant was not the decedent's doctor, nor did defendant examine the decedent. Also, the ...